Formal entrepreneurial networks as communities of practice: a longitudinal case study
Résumé
This article argues that entrepreneurial learning is genuinely connected to entrepreneurial networking activities, within a co-evolving dynamics. We take a longitudinal network approach to study the combined development of network dynamics and learning in a French formal entrepreneurial network over a period of four years (2005-2009). Our aim is to extend our knowledge of entrepreneurial learning emphasised both as a process and an outcome of social interaction, by focussing on the interplay between network evolution and the changing learning needs of participants over time. Building on a situated social perspective of entrepreneurial learning, we demonstrate that network learning processes and outcomes are contingent on the progressive network transformation from a social network to a community of practice.
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Gestion et management
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Lefebvre V., Radu-Lefebvre M. & Simon E., Entrepreneurship & Regional Dvlpmt, 2015 PP.pdf (457.99 Ko)
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